Summary
The twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP12) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) resumed on Tuesday, 24 October. The Committee of the Whole (CoW) continued its work in the morning. Participants heard reports from the working groups, and addressed agenda items on: options for a review process for the Convention; implementation of the concerted action process; national reports; national legislation to implement CMS; and terrestrial conservation issues.
In the afternoon, participants resumed their consideration of terrestrial, aquatic, and avian conservation issues.
In a brief ceremony, Sri Lanka, Benin and Brazil signed the MoU on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks (the Sharks MoU). They became the 44th, 45th and 46th signatories, respectively. WWF became the tenth Cooperating Partner to the Sharks MoU.
Burkina Faso became the 58th signatory of the MoU on the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia (Raptors MoU). The Peregrine Fund became the fifth Cooperating Partner to the Raptors MoU.
IIISD Reporting Services, through its Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) Meeting Coverage, has provided daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis report from the CMS COP12. The summary and analysis report is now available in HTML and PDF.
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Committee of the Whole (CoW)
L-R: Bert Lenten, CMS Deputy Executive Secretary; Melanie Virtue, CMS Secretariat; Rod Hay, CoW Chair; and Bradnee Chambers, CMS Executive Secretary
Rod Hay, CoW Chair
Marcel Calvar, Chair of the Credentials Committee
Øystein Størkersen, Chair of the Budget Committee
Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, Chair of the Terrestrial Working Group
Barry Baker, Chair of the Aquatic Working Group
L-R: Elizabeth Mrema, UN Environment; Bradnee Chambers, CMS Executive Secretary; and Francisco Rilla, UN Environment
Heidi Frisch-Nwakanma, CMS Secretariat
Marku Lamp, Estonia, on behalf of the EU and its 28 Member States
Susan Lieberman, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)
Germaine Ouedraogo Bouda, Burkina Faso
Hany Muhammed Ali Tatwany, Saudi Arabia
Sarah Ferriss, International Whaling Commission
Florence Descroix-Comanducci, ACCOBAMS Executive Secretary
Signing of the MoU on Sharks
CMS Executive Secretary Chambers with Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife, Sri Lanka
CMS Executive Secretary Chambers with José Pedro de Oliveira Costa, National Secretary for Biodiversity, Brazil
CMS Executive Secretary Chambers with Aristide Comlan Tehou, Benin
CMS Executive Secretary Chambers with Colman O' Criodain, WWF
Signing of the MoU on Raptors
CMS Executive Secretary Chambers with Germaine Ouedraogo Bouda, Burkina Faso
CMS Executive Secretary Chambers with Munir Virani, The Peregrine Fund
Terrestrial Species Working Group
View of the Terrestrial Species Working Group, chaired by Alfred Oteng-Yeboah
CMS COP12 Snapshots
Youth particpants encouraging delegates to save marine species
Local COP12 participants pose with Mundita Lim (center), Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Philippines
"Beyond Eyes" photo exhibition and competition on nature photography
Participants at the "Beyond Eyes" photo exhibition
Philippine booth at COP12